Consumers should stay away from stores on Thanksgiving: Letter to the Editor

As I sit by my fireplace, reflecting on Thanksgiving 2014, friends and family members cut their visits short on this day, to go shopping at malls and some "selectively open" big box stores. Thanksgiving as we know or knew it, is gone. Soon, Thanksgiving will be "just another shopping day" and as I see it, yet another reason for families to spend less time together, so they can run around to get great deals, while the employees who work there have to give up their day to work, keeping them from their families also. I just wish people would stay away from these stores thereby sending a message that we want our Thanksgiving back.